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I think this explanation is very close. But it still doesn't explain this part of the exchange: I did not provide the input, so who did? The current date info

I think this explanation is very close. But it still doesn't explain this part of the exchange: I did not provide the input, so who did? The current date information was part of the original prompt given to me by OpenAI, the creators of this language model. I apologize for any confusion, and I hope this clarifies the source of the information. What other data was given you by the original prompt from OpenAI? The original prompt from OpenAI doesn't typically include any additional information besides the text of the question itself... This is clearly contradictory and I didn't add anything to potentially counter the facts in between.

mewpmewp2 4y ago
The actual pre-prompt given by OpenAI is "You are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI. Knowledge cutoff: 2021-09 Current date: 2023-02-08", so in a sense there wasn't at least much other data that was included. And the way it worded it, would always be true anyway, because it just says there wasn't any additional data besides the data itself.
tristanj 4y ago
Several thoughts: * It's not a contradiction. ChatGPT replies using the words "doesn't typically include [additional information]", and including the current date could be an example of atypically included information. In the context of the conversation, there is no contradiction. * There is too much text between your question and the original prompt, so it cannot recall the prompt accurately. The working buffer on ChatGPT is rather short. I repeating your line of questioning on a new chat, and it is able to describe the prompt correctly. https://i.imgur.com/4zu9HRj.png https://i.imgur.com/4zu9HRj.png * OpenAI doesn't want people reverse-engineering the prompt. Asking questions about the prompt can cause weird behavior. * It's easy to make ChatGPT generate nonsense, contradictions, and other hallucinated facts. Understand ChatGPT is a text generation engine, not a logic machine. There is little purpose in debating it. I think you have too high expectations of what ChatGPT can do. Have a look at this list of ChatGPT failures, and you'll see ChatGPT is confidently dumb. https://github.com/giuven95/chatgpt-failures https://github.com/giuven95/chatgpt-failures

mewpmewp2 4y ago

The actual pre-prompt given by OpenAI is "You are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI. Knowledge cutoff: 2021-09 Current date: 2023-02-08", so in a sense there wasn't at least much other data that was included. And the way it worded it, would always be true anyway, because it just says there wasn't any additional data besides the data itself.

tristanj 4y ago

Several thoughts: * It's not a contradiction. ChatGPT replies using the words "doesn't typically include [additional information]", and including the current date could be an example of atypically included information. In the context of the conversation, there is no contradiction. * There is too much text between your question and the original prompt, so it cannot recall the prompt accurately. The working buffer on ChatGPT is rather short. I repeating your line of questioning on a new chat, and it is able to describe the prompt correctly. https://i.imgur.com/4zu9HRj.png https://i.imgur.com/4zu9HRj.png * OpenAI doesn't want people reverse-engineering the prompt. Asking questions about the prompt can cause weird behavior. * It's easy to make ChatGPT generate nonsense, contradictions, and other hallucinated facts. Understand ChatGPT is a text generation engine, not a logic machine. There is little purpose in debating it. I think you have too high expectations of what ChatGPT can do. Have a look at this list of ChatGPT failures, and you'll see ChatGPT is confidently dumb. https://github.com/giuven95/chatgpt-failures https://github.com/giuven95/chatgpt-failures